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Comparison of investment performance measures using the example of selected stock exchanges

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Potrykus M.
Nauki o Finansach
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2018
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issue vol.23 no. 2
30-46
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In this paper the main objective is to examine whether the selection of the performance measure influences the evaluation of individual investments and the performance rankings generated on that basis. This study presents the values of 16 performance indicators along with their detailed descriptions. All calculations were made using the R program, and the source code can be found at the end of the article. Nine selected stock indices were analysed during the period January 1997– December 2015, and the monthly logarithmic rates of return for these indices were calculated. For 14 out of the 16 measures analysed it was shown that the choice of effectiveness measure had no influence on the evaluation of individual investments; therefore it is not important whether the investor uses the Sharpe ratio or the Calmar ratio as an indicator of efficiency since both measures are almost identical in rank for a particular investment. This has not been confirmed for the Upside Potential ratio, which means that using this indicator may lead to different investment decisions in which the objective is to maximize efficiency. Moreover, based on the analysis it was found that the OMXC 20, DAX 30, and OMXS 30 indexes had the highest efficiency during the period January 1997–December 2015, while the AEX, WIG 20, and PSI 20 indexes were characterized with having the lowest levels of efficiency.
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The impact of global risk on the performance of socially responsible and conventional stock indices

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Śliwiński P., Łobza M.
Equilibrium. Quarterly Journal of Economics and Economic Policy
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2017
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vol. 12
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issue 4
657-674
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Research background: In the last decades social responsible investment has evolved into an important and influential investment class. What supports then the development of SRI? The neoclassical approach suggests that the attractiveness of investment should result from the risk-return relationship that is satisfying for the investor. However, the performance analysis of SRI vs. conventional investment, conducted in numerous research papers, often delivers contradictory conclusions. If financial factors could not explain the phenomenon of SRI, nonfinancial factors may have played a decisive role in the formation of modern SRI market. Purpose of the article: The purpose of this paper is to analyze financial investment performance of socially responsible vs. respective conventional indices in the periods of high, low and unidentified global risk. Therefore, a following research hypothesis was verified: SR indices perform financially better in high-risk periods than in low-risk periods. This hypothesis is justified by the assumption that, when selecting SRI, investors go by a longer investment horizon than they do when selecting other investments, not subject to such verification. Methods: Among SR indices, we chose three to compare them with their conventional counterparts: DJSI US vs. DJITR (USA), DJSI Korea vs. KOSPI (South Korea) and Respect Index vs. WIG20TR (Poland). The VIX index was used as the global measure of risk aversion. To measure the relative performance of SR and conventional indices in different risk periods, we applied risk-adjusted performance measures, including RSD, Sharpe and Treynor ratios, traditional and asymmetrical CAPM. Findings & Value added: The research shows that conventional and socially responsible indices do not differ statistically in terms of risk and return irrespective of global risk. Our research confirms that the rising, socially responsible, investment market cannot be analyzed only through the prism of simplified rational choices. Additionally, it should be analyzed in terms of moral philosophy and behavioral economics, including the psycho-social features of investors.
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Does Relative Performance of Socially Responsible Investing Increase With Financial Risk?

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Śliwiński P., Łobza M.
Problemy Zarządzania
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2019
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issue 3/2019 (83)
212-228
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W artykule pozytywnie zweryfikowano hipotezę badawczą, że relatywna efektywność finansowa inwestycji w indeksy odpowiedzialne społecznie względem efektywności indeksów konwencjonalnych może wzrastać wraz ze wzrostem finansowego ryzyka globalnego mierzonego indeksem VIX. Inwestowanie odpowiedzialnie społeczne może być zatem racjonalne finansowo i pełnić, poza aspektem etycznym, funkcję ochrony portfela inwestycyjnego w okresach charakteryzujących się wysokim poziomem globalnego ryzyka. Weryfikację postawionej hipotezy przeprowadzono z wykorzystaniem badań statystycznych opartych na komparatywnej analizie portfelowej zróżnicowanych geograficznie giełdowych indeksów SRI (RESPECT Index i DJSI) względem punktów odniesienia, którymi były odpowiadające im terytorialnie giełdowe indeksy konwencjonalne (WIG20TR i DJITR). JEL: G11, G41 null The creation of the English-language version of these publications is fi nanced in the framework of contract No. 607/P-DUN/2018 by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education committed to activities aimed at the promotion of education.
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The research paper positively verified the research hypothesis that the relative financial performance of investments in socially responsible indices against the performance of conventional indices may go up as the global financial risk, measured by the VIX index, increases. Socially Responsible Investing can be rational from the financial point of view. In addition to the ethical aspect, it may fulfill the function of protecting the investment portfolio in periods characterized by a high level of global risk. The hypothesis was tested using statistical research based on a comparative portfolio analysis of the geographically diverse SRI indices (RESPECT Index and DJSI) against the reference points which were the territorially relevant conventional stock indices (WIG20TR and DJITR). JEL: G11, G41 null The creation of the English-language version of these publications is fi nanced in the framework of contract No. 607/P-DUN/2018 by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education committed to activities aimed at the promotion of education.
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